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Found in Translation

Essays on Jewish Biblical Translation in Honor of Leonard J. Greenspoon
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Found in Translation is at once a themed volume on the translation of ancient Jewish texts and a Festschrift for Leonard J. Greenspoon, the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor in Jewish Civilization and professor of classical and Near Eastern studies and of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Greenspoon has made significant contributions to the study of Jewish biblical translations, particularly the ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, known as the Septuagint. This volume comprises an internationally renowned group of scholars presenting a wide range of original essays on Bible translation, the influence of culture on biblical translation, Bible translations' reciprocal influence on culture, and the translation of various Jewish texts and collections, especially the Septuagint. The volume editors have painstakingly planned Found in Translation to have the broadest scope of any current work on Jewish biblical translation to reflect Greenspoon's broad impact on the field throughout an august career.
James W. Barker is an assistant professor of New Testament at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Anthony Le Donne is Assistant Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
The wonderful essays by the leading scholars of biblical translation collected in Found in Translation honor Leonard Greenspoon by illustrating the problems and importance of translation. Most of us think of the translation of the Bible as only a diminishment of the original; the chapters of this book illustrate just the opposite--how significant and complex translation is, and how crucial it has been for keeping the Bible alive and vibrant.
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